Public Sector Contracts in Central London

Public Sector
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 36 63
Rank change year-on-year +11 +27 +7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 174 208 165
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.19% 5.67% 3.71%
As % of the General category 10.82% 9.08% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 117 118
10th Percentile £375 £192 £321
25th Percentile £413 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £479
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.66% +8.93%
75th Percentile £555 £638 £579
90th Percentile £638 £700 £683
London median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £146.25 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £147.50 £18.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +719.44% +38.46% -31.43%
75th Percentile £148.75 - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £18.13 £25.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year -27.48% -2.65% +0.71%

All General Skills
Central London

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,608 2,290 2,552
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 66.47% 62.41% 57.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 1,610 1,856
10th Percentile £331 £324 £339
25th Percentile £445 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £606 £564
Median % change year-on-year -7.92% +7.49% +2.55%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £688
90th Percentile £800 £825 £788
London median daily rate £575 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 15 33
10th Percentile £19.95 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £14.88 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.18 £20.71 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.61% -50.11% +107.50%
75th Percentile £35.69 £38.66 £51.75
90th Percentile £49.60 £53.35 £62.35
London median hourly rate £30.16 £30.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year +0.53% -15.49% +22.41%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +8 153 £500 -5.66% 53
Camden +2 9 £538 +8.69% 1
West End of London +3 8 £538 +8.69%
Lambeth 0 1 £205 -56.84%
City of Westminster -1 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £400 -
Public Sector
London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.30%) Site Server
3 1 (0.57%) Camunda
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) Documentum
3 1 (0.57%) JBoss
3 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.60%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.41%) Azure
2 26 (14.94%) AWS
3 25 (14.37%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (6.32%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.17%) Amazon S3
5 9 (5.17%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (5.17%) Dynamics 365
5 9 (5.17%) Power Automate
5 9 (5.17%) PowerApps
5 9 (5.17%) Serverless
6 6 (3.45%) GitHub
7 5 (2.87%) Amazon MSK
7 5 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
7 5 (2.87%) AWS Step Functions
7 5 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.87%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (2.30%) IaaS
8 4 (2.30%) OCI
8 4 (2.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.02%) Firewall
1 7 (4.02%) WAN
2 6 (3.45%) LAN
3 5 (2.87%) NetScaler
4 4 (2.30%) FTP
5 3 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.72%) Wireless
6 2 (1.15%) BGP
6 2 (1.15%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.15%) IPsec
6 2 (1.15%) OSPF
6 2 (1.15%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.15%) Softphone
6 2 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.15%) VoIP
6 2 (1.15%) VPN
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.57%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.57%) Skype
7 1 (0.57%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.32%) Power BI
2 9 (5.17%) Data Lake
3 6 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (3.45%) Parquet
4 5 (2.87%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (2.87%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.87%) GIS
4 5 (2.87%) NoSQL
4 5 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.30%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (1.72%) Tableau
7 2 (1.15%) Big Data
7 2 (1.15%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.57%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.57%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.87%) JIRA
2 3 (1.72%) Git
2 3 (1.72%) Postman
2 3 (1.72%) Selenium
3 2 (1.15%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.15%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.57%) ERwin
4 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.57%) JUnit
4 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (17.82%) Finance
2 28 (16.09%) Social Skills
3 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (5.17%) Local Government
5 8 (4.60%) General Ledger
5 8 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
5 8 (4.60%) Retail
6 6 (3.45%) Back Office
7 5 (2.87%) Police
8 4 (2.30%) Advertising
8 4 (2.30%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (2.30%) Law
8 4 (2.30%) Legal
8 4 (2.30%) Marketing
9 3 (1.72%) Electronics
9 3 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (12.64%) Consultant
1 22 (12.64%) Senior
2 20 (11.49%) Analyst
2 20 (11.49%) Developer
3 16 (9.20%) Architect
4 11 (6.32%) Data Engineer
5 9 (5.17%) Network Engineer
6 8 (4.60%) Business Analyst
6 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Consultant
6 8 (4.60%) Project Manager
7 7 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (3.45%) Data Architect
8 6 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (2.87%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) Lead
9 5 (2.87%) Network Operations Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (2.87%) Senior Cloud Engineer
10 4 (2.30%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (2.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.60%) JSON
1 8 (4.60%) Kafka
2 7 (4.02%) .NET
2 7 (4.02%) REST
3 6 (3.45%) Apache Avro
4 5 (2.87%) CSS
4 5 (2.87%) HTML
4 5 (2.87%) Node.js
4 5 (2.87%) SAML
4 5 (2.87%) Spring
5 4 (2.30%) LDAP
5 4 (2.30%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.30%) XML
6 3 (1.72%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.72%) Web Services
7 2 (1.15%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.15%) CSS3
7 2 (1.15%) HTML5
7 2 (1.15%) jQuery
7 2 (1.15%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.60%) Data Structures
2 4 (2.30%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.30%) Replication
3 3 (1.72%) CMDB
3 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
3 3 (1.72%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.15%) PDA
4 2 (1.15%) PKI
4 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.57%) CCTV
5 1 (0.57%) Clustering
5 1 (0.57%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.57%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.57%) Social Media
5 1 (0.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.57%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.45%) Windows
2 5 (2.87%) Linux
3 4 (2.30%) Android
3 4 (2.30%) Unix
4 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (22.99%) Agile
2 33 (18.97%) DevOps
3 20 (11.49%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (8.05%) Project Management
5 14 (8.05%) Scrum
6 13 (7.47%) Requirements Gathering
7 11 (6.32%) Analytics
7 11 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (6.32%) ETL
8 10 (5.75%) Decision-Making
8 10 (5.75%) Migration
8 10 (5.75%) Requirements Workshops
8 10 (5.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 10 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (5.17%) Data Modelling
9 9 (5.17%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (4.60%) Accounts Payable
10 8 (4.60%) Accounts Receivable
10 8 (4.60%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.34%) Python
1 18 (10.34%) SQL
2 9 (5.17%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.60%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.02%) Java
5 5 (2.87%) C#
6 4 (2.30%) Korn
6 4 (2.30%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.72%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.57%) Bash
8 1 (0.57%) C++
8 1 (0.57%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.57%) R
8 1 (0.57%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 82 (47.13%) Security Cleared
2 58 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.34%) DV Cleared
4 16 (9.20%) Degree
5 5 (2.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.72%) CCNA
6 3 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.15%) PMP
8 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.57%) CAPM
8 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.57%) MBA
8 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.02%) SLA
2 6 (3.45%) PMO
3 4 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.30%) QA
4 3 (1.72%) GDPR
4 3 (1.72%) GRC
5 1 (0.57%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 6 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.30%) HDFS
2 4 (2.30%) NFS
3 3 (1.72%) Docker
4 2 (1.15%) Firmware
4 2 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.57%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (5.75%) Terraform
2 8 (4.60%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.57%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.57%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.57%) SCCM
4 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.75%) Oracle
2 10 (5.75%) SAP
3 5 (2.87%) Citrix
4 4 (2.30%) ESRI
4 4 (2.30%) Isilon
5 3 (1.72%) Cisco
6 2 (1.15%) Google
6 2 (1.15%) IBM
6 2 (1.15%) Juniper
6 2 (1.15%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.15%) Remedy
6 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.15%) Siebel
6 2 (1.15%) VMware
7 1 (0.57%) Brandwatch
7 1 (0.57%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.57%) Kenna
7 1 (0.57%) Okta
7 1 (0.57%) Sparx